The library's Special Collections holds the papers of John D. Burgess
relating to the state-wide fund raising effort to pay for a silver service to present to the
Battleship Arizona. The papers were
donated by the daughter of Captain Burgess, Mrs. Maud Thomas.
79K
A contribution from the Calumet & Arizona Mining Company, of Warren (i.e.
Bisbee), Arizona.
122K
A list of contributors to the fund for the silver service for the
Arizona. This is from a letter from L. W. Mix, the chairman of the
committee, to Captain Burgess.
39K
The certificate sent to contributors thanking them for their donation.
This is the one sent to Captain Burgess. The figure on the certificate
is based on a fourty-inch bronze statue that the state of Arizona
presented to the USS Arizona in 1916.
74K
A letter from Allen T. Bird, the secretary of the committee, celebrating the completion of the fund raising effort.
100K
A letter from the governor of Arizona, Thomas E. Campbell, congratulating the Silver Service Committee on their success.
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